Melbourne, Jan 27: Test great and current head coach Justin Langer has been inducted in the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame on Thursday. “An eight-person panel, brought together by the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame Committee, Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) selected Langer and Raelee Thompson to become the 58th and 59th inductee respectively, since the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame was established in 1996,” CA said in a statement.
Langer made his international debut 29 years ago and went on to have a storied Test career, appearing 105 times in Baggy Green, and scoring 7,696 runs at an average of 45.27. Thompson, who is one of the pioneers of the women’s game, has played 16 Tests and 23 ODIs between 1972-1985 and captained the team four times. Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley said: “Justin and Raelee are extremely deserving inductees and it is wonderful to acknowledge and celebrate the immense achievements and contributions of these legends of our game. “Justin has had a tremendous impact on Australian cricket, both at the top of the order alongside Matthew Hayden, as a coach of Western Australia and more recently as Head Coach of the Australian men’s team.”
